Blueberry or Raspberry Scones for the Birthday Girl

My niece turned 12 yesterday and I wanted to make her a special birthday treat. I made scones for Mother's Day and she really enjoyed them. With that in mind, I whipped up a batch of scones especially for the Birthday Girl while my son was napping! I took a basic scone recipe and then added in blueberries and topped each with lemon glaze. The beauty of this recipe is you can mix anything in from different fruit to chocolate chips, etc. The picture above shows them with raspberries as well. I found this recipe in a Giada De Laurentiis cookbook but tweaked it to suit my needs including reducing the amount of glaze that I really needed and adding in a different kind of fruit.

You can also make the glaze using the basic ingredients listed below but substitute in another fruit for the lemon. For example, you could puree strawberries and create a strawberry glaze by mixing it with the powdered sugar and a bit of water.

I had to sample a scone fresh out of the oven and it was truly delicious! The fresh blueberries combined with the tangy lemon glaze was divine. Adding the blueberries gave the scones a natural sweetness.

You can cook the scones up in under an hour. A great something sweet to take as a gift for a brunch or dinner host or to make as a treat for the ones you love.

This recipe will make 12-14 scones.

Ingredients

Scones:

*2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting

*1/2 cup sugar

*2 teaspoons baking powder

*6 tablespoons unsalted butter, but into fourths

*1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

*1 cup heavy cream
*1 cup blueberries or fruit of your choice

Glaze:

*1/8 cup lemon juice (preferably fresh)

*1 cup powdered sugar

*1-2 tablespoons of water

Details:

For the scones:

*Preheat oven to 375 degrees

*Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silpat

*In the bowl of a food processor, blend together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and butter until the mixture resembles a coarse meal.

*Transfer the mixture to a medium bowl and add in the cream until the mixture forms a dough.

*Blend in the blueberries

*On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough into a 1/2 inch thick, 10-in circle

*Using a glass that has a 2-3 inch opening, cut out circular pieces of dough and add to the baking sheet.

*Bake for 18-20 mins

*Once cooled, drizzle with glaze using a spoon

For the glaze:

*Mix together the lemon juice and powdered sugar until smooth. Add water until the mixture is thin enough to drizzle. Let the glaze set for at least 15 mins.

*Recipe adapted from Giada de Laurentiis